DPMS to screen building plans online in Vijayawada

According to CRDA commissioner Sridhar Cherukuri, DPMS enables immediate electronic development approvals for residential, commercial, high-rise, group housing and special building plans.TNN | September 27, 2016, 14:30 IST

VIJAYAWADA: In continuation of its initiatives to bring transparency and speed up administration, the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) has launched yet another move to approve building plans through online system called development permission management system (DPMS).

According to CRDA commissioner Sridhar Cherukuri, DPMS enables immediate electronic development approvals for residential, commercial, high-rise, group housing and special building plans.

He said that the new mode would also help in engaging the architects, town planners, structure engineers and public to submit standardized applications for any-where any-time access. He said that DPMS aims at establishing a transparent accountable and citizen friendly process for enhancing ease of doing business.

"Through development permission management system, applications will be disposed of at a faster pace. Applicants will receive SMS / Email alerts on the status of their submitted proposals. They can track the application status without visiting CRDA office," said Sridhar.

He said that applicants can view and download electronically approved plans, certificates from website. New mode would also help the applicants make payments of the required fees by various online payment gateways like debit cards, credit cards, net banking.

He suggested to developers, builders, licensed technical persons to make use of the DPMS. Applicants can submit their applications using the URL www.apdpms.ap.gov.in

Currently, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is levied at 12 per cent on payments made for under-construction property or ready-to-move-in flats where completion certificate has not been issued at the time of sale.